1940 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1940 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round two of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Frank Curcio captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Len Thomas and the visitors were coached by Dan Minogue.

North Melbourne (15.16.106) defeated Fitzroy (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 May 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 15.16.106 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 14 15 . 16 15 . 16 (106)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 4 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 27 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 55 NMLB by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Len Thomas

Fitzroy

Captain: Frank Curcio
Coach: Dan Minogue

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bride

Boundary Umpires

J. Stanton

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 5 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Jones, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Kemp, Don ? ? 0 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 1 ?
14 McCorkell, Jock ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 3 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
29 Parks, Ossy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
15 Ryan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
4 Stewart, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 1 ?
1 Thomas, Len ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 16

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Calverley, Bruce ? ? 1 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
17 Fields, Allan ? ? 1 ?
4 Fox, Kevin ? ? 1 ?
7 Gillespie-Jones, Audley ? ? 0 ?
25 Hall, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
9 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
12 Hill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred ? ? 3 ?
5 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
1 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
14 Merrick, Bob ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
29 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Stackpole, Keith ? ? 0 ?
10 Treweek, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s